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CARY, N.C. - The North Carolina men's tennis team put
together another strong day at the ITA Carolina Regional on Saturday, tallying two singles wins and two doubles wins at Cary Tennis Park. Sophomore Brett
Clark led the effort by stunning South Carolina's 14th-ranked Tsvetan Mihov en
route to the singles draw semifinals.

Clark, a native of Naples, Fla., upset the second-seeded Mihov 6-3, 6-1 in
the Round of 16. In the quarterfinals, Clark outlasted NC State's Thomas Weigel
6-2, 3-6, 6-1 to reserve his spot in the semifinals, which
will be played on Sunday.

The Carolina duo of Oystein Steiro and Nelson Vick also moved on to the
quarterfinals after an 8-5 victory against UNC-Greensboro's 6th-seeded pair of
Jimmy Dougherty and Randy Phillips.

Two Tar Heels fell in singles play on Saturday. Ronnie Schneider, the
tournament's No. 11 seed, fell in three sets to Duke's 22nd-ranked and third-seeded Michael Redlicki in the Round of 16. Senior Nelson Vick was also
ousted in Round of 16 after being edged by Wake Forest's 5th-ranked and
top-seeded Romain Bogaerts, 6-7(4), 6-4, 6-4.

Sunday's schedule will feature the quarterfinal and semifinal rounds of
doubles, in addition to the semifinal round of singles.

Brett Clark will take on Elon's Cameron Silverman - the tournament's No.
5 seed who is ranked 34th nationally - in the singles semifinals.

In doubles quarterfinal action, Schneider and Clark will face Duke's
top-seeded team of Michael Redlicki and Jason Tahir. Vick and Steiro will
square off against UNC-Wilmington's second-seeded tandem of Rafael Aita and Sam
Williams.